"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎١] (٧٣٩/٢٤٧)

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No. 102— contd.
K armanshah to T ehran, vm Besititn, Kangawar, fyc.
No.
of
stage.
Distances
in" milbs.
E emaeks.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Gradual descent into another flat valley. At
14 miles reacli village Jankar. Thence 4 miles
to Nauaj, a village of the Malair, with 300
houses.
6
Dizabad
25
128
Track ascends over a low spur, then descends to
the same stream-bed on which Nana] stands, to
village Kuzan 4 miles. Thence a double kotal
is reached, the first portion at 6 miles. Then
skirts a hill for 1 mile to the second kotal.
Thence drops gently to wide valley near village
Ganjab, at about 10 miles. Thence up another
valley to third, and last kotal at 13 miles.
Thence descends very gently into large flat valley
to Dizabad for 12 miles, turning slightly north
wards. At 20 miles a brick bridge, 120 yards
long, over the Ab-i^Sharon. Sarai close to
bridge.
7
Saeite
(SUEKH ?)
19
147
On leaving Dizabad, the road skirts the hills to
the east of it, and then goes on a straight level
alignment due east for 18 miles, along the north
ern limits of shale and mud hjlls visible all the
way south of the hills. The country seems deso
late, and but few villages are passed. In deep
winter, with 3' of snow, perhaps an un
favourable impression was gathered. At 6 and
7 miles two low spurs (rtinning south-east and
north-west) are passed, and the road then gently
descends into, and goes up a valley for 6 miles
to low mud kotal. Here a village, Jirya, is
passed on the right; a small dilapidated place,
Kala Muhammad, having been passed 1 mile
before. From the kotal the mad goes straight
for Saruk, 5J miles off. Road level.
8
1
-1
Ahingaean
i
8
155
Road descends into the dasht or high level plain
(so level and without a watercourse of any size
that it cannot be called a valley) of Farahan,
This dasht^ running north-west to south-east, at
least 40 miles long and averaging 8 miles wide,
is dotted about with numerous villages, of which
it is said to possess six hundred and sixty 6 SuK
tanabad is the chief town, where a Hakim (a
sub-governor) resides. This town is plainly
visible from Ahingaran, bearing 160°, and only
18 miles off. ^ The country is said to be all
under cultivation, and the numerous Jcanats cer
tainly bear evidence of the fact. The district
of iaharan is bounded on the north by a low
range of mud hills, two peaks of which, 30 miles